The blurb for this book talks about an experiment which, at the time of writing, was underway. 1200 people undergoing heart surgery knew they were part of this experiment and may or not be prayed for. The experiment was to see whether there would be a difference in recovery between the tow groups. As this experiment was still ongoing at the time of writing, the book does not cover the results of the experiment. I did find this a bit misleading, but there was plenty of other evidence which the author discussed.
The object of this book was to use science, especially quantum and particle physics to prove the existence of God. The author himself is a nuclear physicist who used to work at Cern, so there is a strong understanding of the way the quantum world works.
Included within the book are descriptions of the origins of time, space and humans (in different chapters). Using these, with the current scientific knowledge available, the author attempts to show this is not possible without an overseer and creator. Put another way, the world, time, space and the whole universe is only here because of God.
It's an interesting read and, as far as possible, the author has attempted to make this accessible to all. He has managed it to a certain degree, but some of what he was discussing is in the realms of theoretical physics that it's really difficult to get your head round. I must admit reading those bits thinking I should have had some aspirin first!
Generally, the arguments are good. I know the more I find out about the theories of how the universe was created and how much a "Goldilocks" planet Earth is, it adds more and more weight to what I already know - this is God's creation. However, I think anyone from the other side of the argument could just as easily take these pieces of evidence to show there is no God. At the end of the day, we know God through faith. Science may add weight to this knowledge, but without faith, where is God? He still is there, watching and being concerned for us, but is unknown to us. No amount of theorising can achieve a relationship with God, which is what he really wants with all his children and I am glad to have.
As an aside, it took me ages to figure out what the front cover of the book was. It's an X-ray of praying hands.
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